University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory in partnership with Lockheed Martin teams showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission where an airborne battle manager issued real-time commands to AI-controlled aircraft through a touchscreen pilot vehicle interface.

The United States Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) recently collaborated with the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) in deploying two highly modified L-29 jets to Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California.

The United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in collaboration with the University of Iowa's College of Engineering Operator Performance Laboratory, recently made advances in modernizing the student curriculum while providing critical data for continued research in machine learning.

Over the last 6 months, the University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory has worked with Shield AI and Kratos on the deployment of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACPs) that are controlled by Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy core.

An AI tool — trained on data from novice and expert pilots — could help detect flight skill mastery, said Dr. Tom Schnell, director of the University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL).

University of Iowa engineering researchers are building capabilities to make Iowa a destination for measuring atmospheric and environmental data crucial for understanding effects of climate change.

Lockheed Martin’s renowned Skunk Works advanced projects division has partnered with the University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to demonstrate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in air-to-air intercept scenarios.

Tom "Mach" Schnell, University of Iowa engineering professor, has been approved as a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

Lockheed with University of Iowa Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory completed an artificial intelligence demonstration using two piloted L-29 aircraft in a simulated air-to-ground mission. OPL is lead by Tom "Mach" Schnell, a professor of industrial and systems engineering and OPL chief test pilot.

A group of new hires, interns, and co-ops, who work in the area of airborne autonomy at Collins Aerospace, toured the University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab flight test facility. Tom “Mach” Schnell, and OPL director, presented the lab to the group and explained how OPL tests and operates autonomy in a variety of contexts.